Two-time Olympic bronze medalist Paddy Barnes has received criticism after calling a journalist 'a tramp' for asking Carl Frampton a question about the shooting at Bray Boxing Club.

50-year-old Bobby Messett was killed and two men were injured - including Katie Taylor's boxing coach father Pete - in the gun attack on Tuesday morning.

Frampton, the current interim WBO featherweight champion, was speaking to the media outside a Belfast court later in the day when he was asked about the shooting by a female journalist.

The Belfast boxer had read a statement regarding his legal action against former manager Barry McGuigan, with his solicitor stepping in to say that Frampton wouldn't be commenting about the Bray incident.